Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko | ||
| Date of birth | 29 December 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Lelle, Estonia | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Head coach | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Paide Linnameeskond | ||
| Youth career | |||
| FC Lelle | |||
| –1998 | Flora Kehtna | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1996 | Lelle SK | 2 | (1) |
| 1997–1998 | Riigikogu SK | 1 | (2) |
| 1998–1999 | Flora Kehtna | 19 | (9) |
| 1999–2009 | FC Flora Tallinn | 140 | (121) |
| 2000 | → FC Warrior Valga (loan) | 23 | (4) |
| 2000 | → FC Lelle | 5 | (1) |
| 2001–2002 | → JK Tulevik Viljandi (loan) | 46 | (26) |
| 2001–2002 | → FC Elva | 12 | (5) |
| 2003 | → JK Tervis Pärnu | 2 | (4) |
| 2006–2007 | → FC Flora II Tallinn | 6 | (3) |
| 2007 | → Al Kuwait Kaifan (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | U.D. Leiria | 13 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Debreceni VSC | 2 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | → Debreceni VSC II | 4 | (2) |
| 2012 | KuPS | 6 | (1) |
| 2012–2014 | JK Sillamäe Kalev | 36 | (20) |
| 2015– 2016 | Paide Linnameeskond | 53 | (36) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1996–? | Estonia U16 | 2 | (0) |
| Estonia U17 | 5 | (0) | |
| Estonia U19 | 2 | (0) | |
| 2000–2003 | Estonia U21 | 15 | (2) |
| 2003–2011 | Estonia[1] | 39 | (8) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 September 2016. | |||
Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko (born 29 December 1981) is a retired Estonian professional footballer, who last played in Estonian Meistriliiga for Paide Linnameeskond. He is head coach of this team from 7 november 2016.
Club career
FC Flora Tallinn
In 2006, he was the world's most effective top division goal scorer with 1.2 goals per game.[2][3] At the start of 2007, he was loaned out to Al Kuwait Kaifan, but after featuring in just a few friendly games for the Kuwaiti side he was told that his contract was invalid and he was sent back to Estonia. Both his club and his agent sent a complaint to FIFA. He plays the position of forward and is 1.87 m tall.
U.D. Leiria
On 30 December 2009, he signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Portuguese team U.D. Leiria.[4] In the first season he played in 6 league games and one cup game, but failed to score in these.[5]
Kuopion Palloseura
In April 2012 Zahovaiko joined Finnish Veikkausliiga club Kuopion Palloseura.[6]
Statistics
Correct as of 27 October 2011.
| Season | League level | Country | Club | First team | Reserve team | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games | Goals | Games | Goals | ||||
| 1995–96 | 4 |  | Lelle SK | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997–98 | 4 | | Riigikogu SK | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | | FC Flora Kehtna | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1 | | FC Flora Tallinn | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000 | 1 | | FC Warrior Valga | 23 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | | JK Tulevik Viljandi | 21 | 6 | 7 | 2 |
| 2002 | 25 | 20 | 5 | 3 | |||
| 2003 | 1 | | FC Flora Tallinn | 27 | 14 | 2 | 4 |
| 2004 | 22 | 28 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2005 | 15 | 19 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2006 | 21 | 25 | 5 | 3 | |||
| 2006–07 | 1 |  | Al Kuwait Kaifan | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2007 | 1 | | FC Flora Tallinn | 17 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2009 | 23 | 13 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2009–10 | 1 |  | U.D. Leiria | 6 | 0 | — | — |
| 2010–11 | 6 | 0 | — | — | |||
| 2011–12 | 1 |  | Debreceni VSC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
International career
He has played a total of 39 games for Estonia national football team, scoring 8 goals. His first international goal was against Ecuador in a friendly game. He scored his eighth goal against Uruguay in a 2–0 win game.[7]
International goals
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2003-02-13 | Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito |  Ecuador |
1–2 | 1–2 | Friendly match | |||||
| 2 | 2003-12-17 | Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium, Dammam |  Saudi Arabia |
1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly match | |||||
| 3 | 2004-02-16 | Ta' Qali National Stadium, La Valletta |  Malta |
1–1 | 2–5 | 2004 Malta Tournament | |||||
| 4 | 2004-06-11 | A.Le Coq Arena, Tallinn |  Macedonia |
1–3 | 2–4 | Friendly match | |||||
| 5 | 2008-03-26 | A.Le Coq Arena, Tallinn |  Canada |
2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly match | |||||
| 6 | 2008-06-04 | A.Le Coq Arena, Tallinn |  Faroe Islands |
1–0 | 4–3 | Friendly match | |||||
| 7 | 2008-06-04 | A.Le Coq Arena, Tallinn | Faroe Islands |
2–0 | 4–3 | Friendly match | |||||
| 8 | 2011-03-25 | A.Le Coq Arena, Tallinn |  Uruguay |
2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly match | |||||
| Correct as of 7 October 2015[8] | |||||||||||
Honours
Individual
- Meistriliiga top goalscorers: 2004
- Estonian Silverball: 2008
References
- ↑ "Kõik Eesti internatsionaalid" [All Estonian internationals] (in Estonian). Eesti Jalgpalli Liit. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
- ↑ The World's most effective Top Division Goal Scorer 2006 is V.Zahovaiko
- ↑ Zahovaiko osutus maailma parimaks väravalööjaks (Estonian)
- ↑ Zahovaiko siirdus Portugali kõrgliigasse (Estonian)
- ↑ "Jogador — Zahovaiko (Leiria)" (in Portuguese). LPFP. Archived from the original on 20 February 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2010.
- ↑ http://www.soccernet.ee/zahovaikost-saigi-puri-ja-purje-klubikaaslane
- ↑ Eesti võitis Uruguayd 2:0! Jalgpall.ee, 25 March 2011 (Estonian)
- ↑ "Football PLAYER: Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko". eu-football.info. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
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